POINTS TO KNOW Chp. 31
AP History Students should be able to explain:
1. The economic consequences of the 1973 Mideast War and the Arab oil embargo.
2. The problems facing Ford as president.
3. The factors leading to Carter’s victory in 1976.
4. The ways in which Carter undermined his own presidency.
5. Carter’s successes and failures in foreign affairs.
6. The sources and results of the inflation of the late 1970s.
7. United States-Iranian relations leading up to the hostage crisis.
8. The impact of the hostage crisis in Iran on American domestic politics.
9. The reasons for Carter’s defeat in 1980.
10. Reagan’s economic policies.
11. The reasons for Reagan’s landslide victory in 1984.
12. The changing relations between the United States and the Soviet Union under Reagan
and Gorbachev.
13. The impact of changes in the tax laws during Reagan’s presidency.
14. The major social and demographic trends of the 1980s.
15. The AIDS crisis.
16. The causes and consequences of the merger movement.
17. The fundamental changes that altered the economy.
18. The Iran-Contra Scandal.
Define the following:
Describe the following:
Identify the following: